The Xbox App’s Holiday Update aims to connect its ‘millions’ of Windows 10 users better than ever

The Xbox App's Holiday Update aims to connect its 'millions' of Windows 10 users better than ever

By Joe Osborne

For many PC gamers, DirectX 12 was the main thing that drove them to install Windows 10 on their gaming rigs, and we can’t blame them. But, with the Xbox Summer Update months past and now the newly-launched Holiday Update, it’s clear Microsoft doesn’t intend to rest on those laurels.

Of course, that’s the attitude we want to see, because according to Microsoft Xbox & Windows Gaming Platform Lead Mike Ybarra, things are on the up-and-up for the Xbox App on Windows 10.

“We’re happy with the growth level, but we don’t announce usage numbers per se – it’s in the millions,” Ybarra tells us when asked how adoption of the app is going. “We have a lot of high engagement there. We’re happy with it and we continue to invest in it.”

This is what Clubs looks like on your Xbox One

This Holiday Update – rolling out to Xbox One and Windows 10 now – brings plenty of new features to the Xbox One, like the Clubs tool to join groups of friends together in cross-game chat, the Looking For Group feature that lets players post essentially help-wanted ads for their mutliplayer pursuits and neat additions like group …read more

Source:: techradar.com – Gaming

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